rebound
part of speech
verb (rebound, rebounds, rebounded, rebounding); noun (a rebound, rebounds)
meaning for a pupil
1) To bounce back after hitting something: "The ball rebounded off the wall." tree →
2) In basketball, a rebound is catching the ball after a missed shot. tree →
3) To go back up after going down: "Prices rebounded." tree →
sense in the lessons
In PE and sport, the ball rebounds off the wall, the post or the backboard; in basketball, players try to win the rebound. In science, rebound is linked to forces and bouncing. Phrases: on the rebound, rebound off, get the rebound.
examples
- The ball rebounded off the goalpost. tree →
- She scored on the rebound. tree →
- He jumped high to get the rebound. tree →
- The tennis ball rebounds off the wall. tree →
- A rubber ball rebounds higher than a clay ball. tree →
- Sales rebounded after the summer. tree →
- Watch out for the ball when it rebounds. tree →
- The bullet rebounded without harming the spinner, who still spun on. tree →
note
Regular verb: rebound, rebounded. Stress: the verb is "re-BOUND", the noun is "REE-bound". "Re-" means back or again. In science, a ball rebounds because it squashes and springs back; a softer ball rebounds less high.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «rebound» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.